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Minister of Police Bheki Cele announces the social restrictions the government has put in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus, in line with the Disaster Management Act. (Gallo Images/ Phill Magakoe)
BEITBRIDGE BORDER POST

Covid-19 disrupts government in SA

The government has put stringent measures in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and the National Assembly, provincial outreach programmes and municipalities have had to…

  • Selloane Khalane
4 min read
A communist party would be a great boon to our democracy, but the South African Communist Party won’t become this party. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AUTHORITARIANISM

It’s not right for SA’s left to reject elections

Elections can be used to build a movement that advances a democratic socialist alternative

  • Benjamin Fogel
7 min read
Blade Nzimande launched a scathing attack on Free State premier and ANC chair Ace Magashule
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

SACP plays hard ball with ANC on Metsimaholo

The SACP independently contested elections for the first time in the municipality that includes the town of Sasolburg and Zamdela township.

  • Mahlatse Mahlase
3 min read
The National Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is urging businesses and employers to ensure that registered voters can cast their vote on 29 May.
ANC

Sasolburg votes against ‘degeneration’

The industrial town, part of the contested Metsimaholo area, is seeking renewal

  • Dineo Bendile
  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
“The transition means more decentralised distribution systems for electricity
ANC

Metsimaholo will be a measure of the ANC’s problems

It could be a wake-up call for a party distracted by power struggles over its next group of leaders

  • Vukani Mde
  • Amy Musgrave
6 min read
The people of Sasolburg’s Zamdela township are fed up with the ANC. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Municipality’s rot is in your face but there is  no clear-cut solution

The worst-performing municipalities were found in the Free State and North West which had huge liquidity shortfalls.

  • Vukani Mde
  • Amy Musgrave
6 min read
The National Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) is urging businesses and employers to ensure that registered voters can cast their vote on 29 May.
ANC

Will the Metsimaholo by-elections bring relief to its beleaguered residents?

There is no guarantee that any are likely to be given an outright mandate to pursue their manifestos.

  • Vukani Mde
  • Amy Musgrave
6 min read
In an interview with France Football magazine
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

The SACP has the ANC over a barrel in Metsimaholo municipality

By taking on its alliance member, the SACP is ‘making history’ in the small Free State district

  • Vukani Mde
  • Amy Musgrave
5 min read
Da leader Mmusi Maimane has urged voters in the Metsimaholo municipality to “kick the ANC out of the municipality for good”.
AMANDA KHOZA NEWS24

Maimane urges Metsimaholo community to vote ANC out once and for all

Mmusi Maimane has urged residents of the Metsimaholo municipality to kick the ANC out of power when they vote in the upcoming by-elections

  • Amanda Khoza News24
2 min read